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VENTOS DE AGOSTO (AUGUST WINDS)
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Completed - BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE - Drama - 75 minutes

Log Line

The August winds gust and a poetic duel between life, death, loss, memory, the wind and the sea ensues.

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Gabriel MASCARO
Writer(s) : Gabriel MASCARO, Rachel ELLIS
Cast : Dandara DE MORAIS, Geová MANOEL DOS SANTOS

Producer(s) : Rachel ELLIS (DESVIA)

Synopsis

Shirley has left the big city to live in a small seaside town and look after her elderly grandmother. She drives a tractor on a local coconut plantation, loves rock music and wants to be a tattoo artist. She feels trapped in the tiny coastal village. She is involved with Jeison, who also works on the coconut farm and who free dives for lobster and octopus in his spare time. During the month of August, when tropical storms pound the coastline a researcher registering the sound of the trade winds emanating from the Intertropical Convergence Zone, arrives in their village. The high tides and the growing winds mark the following days of the village and a surprise discovery takes Shirley and Jeison on a journey that confronts them with the duel between life and death, loss and memory, the wind and the sea.

Production

Country(ies) : BRAZIL

BRAZIL Nov 13, 2014 VITRINE FILMES
BRAZIL Nov 13, 2014 VITRINE
FRANCE Aug 26, 2015 SOKOL FILMS


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Festivals and Awards

BFI London FF 2014 (Debate Section)
Vancouver IFF 2014 (New Directors Competition)
Festival del Filme de Locarno 2014 (Special Mention)
Festival de San Sebastián 2014
Hamptons International Film Festival 2014 (Golden Starfish Competition)


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